Gen 5:21–24: "Enoch walked with God"

Says Where the formula has וַיְחִי, "and he lived," after the fathering, 5:22 has וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים, "and Enoch walked about with God," repeated in 5:24: a Hithpael with the preposition אֶת, "with" (OSHB; BDB Hithp. "walk, walk about, move to and fro"). In place of "and he died," 5:24 has וְאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי־לָקַח אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִים, "and he was not, for God took him" (BDB on the particle "is not, are not, was not"; the verb "take"). The BSB's "he was no more" is one English choice. Swete has εὐηρέστησεν δὲ Ἑνὼχ τῷ θεῷ, "Enoch pleased God," and καὶ οὐχ ηὑρίσκετο, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός, "and he was not found, because God removed him."

Says Heb 11:5: "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death," with the Greek wording of 5:24. Jude 14 calls him "Enoch, the seventh from Adam," as he is in this list, and quotes words that also stand in 1 Enoch; that use is stated here, not taken to settle the standing of that book.

Uncertain Whether "walked with God" speaks chiefly of fellowship or of conduct, as "walk before me" in 17:1, with a different preposition; the two are not exclusive. No lean is taken here.

Uncertain How and where Enoch was taken, beyond what 5:24 and Heb 11:5 say; the text gives no account, and no lean is taken here.